Mel Gibson is in talks to step behind the camera for his first directing job since 2006 to tackle a biopic based on the life of America's first conscientious objector to receive the prestigious Medal of Honor.

MEL GIBSON will donate the sets from his latest movie, HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION, to a future museum in the Mexican town where the picture will be shot. Many scenes will be filmed in a former jail in Veracruz, which will be turned into a museum once the shoot wraps, and the building will be filled with artifacts from Gibson's movie project, as well as his 2006 film Apocalypto, which was also shot in the area.

Synopsis

A tale set in the Mayan civilization. When a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate, and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family, he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.